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MEDFORD MAIT TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24. 1039.
After A Man's Heart
by JEAN RANDALL -
YESTERDAY: Tttung a cer
tain responsibility toward Buff,
Tim keep an eye on her new
friends, especially Van. He buyi
tip all Van'i soap tculpturt of
Buff until ihe puts a stop to it.
Then a oositp item appear! in the
paper laying thol Buff's affecliani
are engaged.
Chapter 18
Tim Blowi Up
TIM, coming home from a long
day' work, had just time to
wash and brush up before the
boardinghouse dinner was served.
George had preceded him so he
was unprepared for the chorus of
congratulation which arose upon
his entrance.
"Good work, old man!" said a
young college professor. "I've met
Miss Carrol) and 1 admire her im
mensely. But why not have given
us a hint before the paper got it?"
"Lucky dog," sighed someone
else before Tim could answer.
"Only child of rich and distin
guished parents, smart as whip
herself, and easy on the eyes. Does
she have any friends you could in
troduce me to, Tim?"
"What," demanded Tim, "is all
this about?"
Half a dozen voices told him, in
full detail and at great length.
George, who understood the situa
tion, sat grinning his enjoyment of
his frinnd's nosition. Under the cir
cumstances. Tim jould not deny
the engagement; neither would he
confirm it: he flung evasive replies
in every direction and escaped
from the table as soon as possible.
In ten minutes he was confronting
Buff, for once alone in her living
room.
"Did you actually put it In the
paper?" he demanded. "If so well,
there is such a thing as playing
fair Buffi I'm here tonight to let
myself be jilted. Gei it over in a
hurry, will you? I can't stand any
more puouc congratulations.
To his astonishment she said so
berly: "I didn't put it in the paper,
Tim. that is. if vou mean the para
graph that came out tonight But
I suppose rm morally responsiDie,
lust the same. You were here yes
terday and heard what I said. How
was I to know van would tele
phone to the society reporter and
vouch for the truth of his bit of
news?
"Was that all there was to it?
The only basis for everybody
thinking and saying "
"That was all there was to it.
But it seems to have been enough."
She sighed. "I suppose you're still
terribly averse to the idea of
marrying me, I mea ? Why. Tim?
You really dt need a wife, and I
more than ever I need a lob. some
body to look after."
Tim remarked acidly that he was
opposed equally to being anyone's
job. or the subject of maternal
care.
"This has gone beyond a joke,"
he went on wrathfully. "if it ever
was one to start with! You're too
foung to know your own mind, as
ve pointed out to you more than
once. However, if you feel you
must mother somebody, go adopt
yourseii an orpnan twins preier
ab)y." - ' No Modesty?'
"CHE made no reply and glancing
J up he saw she was blushing
furiously.
"And well you may," he went on.
"Have you m womanly reticence,
no modesty? Coming here to Boul
der and telling practically every
one you meet that you and I are
engaged "
"That's enoughl" The color re
ceded from her face, leaving it
rather frighteningly pale. She
balled her small lianas into lists
and brought them together in her
lap. Her blue eyes si emed almost
black, their pupils dilated.
"I wouldn't marry you now If
you were the last man on earth!
Practically everybody, indeed! You
sound a. if I stopped the very
newsboys on the street and conlld
ed to them my wild passion for
you!"
She leaped up and stood before
the fire, her small figure outlined
against the rough stone of the lire
place. "I'm not retracting a word I've
aaid, rememberl I do think you
need somebody to to be with you,
to be a a friend and comrade. I
do think I could have done a lot for
you. But I'll not be insulted, Tim
Corliss, or accused of being deficient
in modesty and what not! Not by
you or any other man! I'll call the
paper tomorrow and demand a re
traction of that paragraph. I'll tell
everybody I know that so far from
being engaged to vou, I simply
loathe you! I'll refuse to speak to
you the next time we meet on the
street. I . . " she choked with rage
Ho felt suddenly grcatlv ashamed
of himself. This girl had taken in
or rather let him stay where he
had already installed himself and
given him the kindest of care. If
in her friendly zeal she had gone
a little too far, it was for him to
protect her from herself rather
than to hurl brutal accusations in
her face.
He rose and stood close to her,
noting as he did so that the silky
top ot her head came only to his
shoulder. So little and young, but
so terribly determined! He smiled
and sighed together.
"Look here, BufT," he began gen
tly. "Can't we forget all this ano
just be good friends? Start all ovei.
I mean, as if I hadn't hadn't come
a cropper last summer and made
you . . . sorry for me? Can't we let
it be that we've known each other
a few weeks, like each other and
that's all? I" a deep' and more
en nest note rept into his voice
"I really do want your friendship,
my dear "
Still she made no answer and
presently he picked up one of her
hands, finding it icy cold to his
touch.
"I'm a brute, barging In here to
talk as I did. It was just that every
living soul at the boardinghouse
started congratulating me, and 1
was in a devil of a fix, wondering
how to deny the rumor withoul
seeming to reflect on you "
"That," she said, "need no longer
worry you. I said I'd call the paper
tomorrow, didn't I?"
Infatuation'
"WHAT do 1 care about the Pa
' per? Lord knows it printed
plenty about me last summer that
was not exactly pleasant reading!
I dor't even care about the people
at the house now. What 1 do care
aboi.., Bulf, is that we should be
friends."
She tilted her head and he was
relieved to see a smile tugging ai
the corners of her mouth.
"All thought of marriage elimi
nated?" "All thought of marriage elimi
nated. I'd really make an abomin
able husband. " he pleaded. "Late
for meals more often than not, go
ing back to work in the laboratory
till midnight. Knowing nothing ol
women, I'd probably say and do
the wrong thing on every occasion
I give you my word, Bull, I was
designed by nature as a perennial
bachelor."
"Is that why you became en
gaged to Iris DcMuth?" she asked
coldly.
He started as if she had struck
him, his face whitening.
"I suppose everyone is entitled
to lose control of his emotions once
in a lifetime." He gripped the back
of a chair with tense lingers. "1
realize that what happened last
summer is public property but
even so, I don t enjoy having actual
references made to it in my pres
ence." "I wasn't actually thinking ol
giving you pleasure! 1 was merely
inquiring, in my feminine, illogical
way, why you were so keen on
marriage last summer if you've felt
all along vou'd make such a ter
rible husband to any girl you hon
ored with your what? Resigna
tion? Chivalrous succumbing to
her wishes? Fatalistic yielding to
circumstances?"
"Infatuation," he said curtly
"Kid stuff. 1 should have had an
attack and get it over with in col
lege. May we drop the subject now,
please?"
"With pleasure." She walked de
liberately to her big chair, settled
herself in it comfortably and
crossed her slender ankles. "And
shall we also agree to go our sepa
rate ways? I like it here in Boul
der, I've made plans to do some
work in this apartment, I've
reached an agreement with my
parents about what we shall all do
this winter. So you can have me
oft your mind; can, in fact, be late
to as many meals as your landlady
will allow, labor in your laboratory
until dawn for all It concerns me.
He folded his arms and leaned
against the mantelpiece.
we re not to be friends then?
"You'd like to be?"
"More than 1 can tell you! You'ri
swell person. UulT. and even il
you don t want my gratitude foi
wnat you dirt lor me at the ranch
it's still pretty vivid in my mind
It's just that that I don't want
to come here as as often as I'd liki
-and
"And rouse false hopes In m
maidenly heart?" Her grin of gen
Line amusement was reassuring
"Suppose vou let me look after my
heart, Tim. So far I've done a bet
tor iob of it than von seem In hnvr
done with yours. "Friends it is, and
the latchstrmes out for vou anil
George whenever you come out
way. Webby mourns over you if
you don't come for dinner at least
twice a week. Siie's got it firmly
fixed in her head that you're a vic
tim of malnutrition. When I point
out to her that you and George eat
at the same place, she counters
with the undeniable fact that
George is overweight and vou are
not."
Thjy parted on that note. Bufl
sat for a long time in her big chair
after he had gone, so long that
Mrs. Webb slipped in to see if she
had forgotten the lights. Just be
fore the girl went away to her
room, she stopped for a hesitant
instant beside the mantel; then
with flushed cheeks, she tiptoed up
nnd laid her lips to the place where
Tim's hand had rested.
Continurd tomorrow.
INSURANCE COMMISSION 1
APPOINTMENT TO WAIT
Salem, Oct. 24 (AP) Gov
ernor Sprague said today he
would make no new appoint
ments In the near future, assert
Jng "I've got most of my np
pointments behind me ntul I'll
make no more for a while.
There have been reports here
that State Insurance Commls
gioncr Hugh Earle, a Democrat,
would be replaced.
Salvage Burned Trees
Rockawny, Ore., Oct. 24.-
(AP) Salvage operations in the
huge Tillamook burn, scene of
two disastrous forest fires in re
cent years, are sending -tlltl.OOO
to 400,000 board feet of lumber
Into the Portluncl area daily,
operators said today.
AUTO RUNS OVER CHILD
BURIED IN LEAF PILE
Salem. Oct. 24 (API Six-
year-old Fritz Pulner, son of Mr
and Mrs. Chester Pulner of
Salem, burled himself in a pile
of leaves in the street in front of
his home yesterday. His uncle's
car ran over him. nnd Fritz Is in
the hospital with Internal In
juries. Priests In Army
Paris. Oct. 114. (AP) More
than 500 Pans priests, represent
ing onethird of the capitals
clergy, are fighlinu with Kr.-nrli
armies. Canon Pastenu, in charge
of mobilized priests in the Paris
diocese, said today. Of those
called to the colors, he said. 400
are serving in front lines as off i
cers or soldiers.
Jitterbug
Milwaukee. Oct. 24. (AP)
Layton Miseldt, 26, can offer
undisputablc proof he dances
witli vigor. He broke his right
leg while dancing at a hall here
early this morning.
Words
Vancouver (AP) According
to a speaker at a woman's meet-
ing here, the averat-'e housewife
has a voc.'i'nil.iry of R()0 word
"tint think of the turnover." he
added,
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EFFORTS OF CHINESE
Hongkong, Oct. 24. (AP)
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in China during the recent
weeks which have witnessed
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Chiang Kai-shek's armies against
Japan and revived strength in
his air force.
Reliable sources today esti
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materials were on their way
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Knoxville, Tenn. (AP)
There won't be much mysticism
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letter sororities at the Univer
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find more private quarters for
holding initiations. The rooms
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tory for their ceremonies, they
have complained, permit no secrecy.
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